One of my best friends from grade school, Kayla and I decided to take a ski trip during Mardi Gras with our families. So we rented a condo in Breckenridge and started planning. Going on the trip was my family (Me, Mike and Rylie), Kayla's family (Kayla, Shay & Race), and Kayla's mom (Heather), Dad (Paul) and brother (Kolby).
We had a super early flight out of NOLA. We got to Denver early, but then had to catch a shuttle to Breckenridge that took almost 3 hours. We got to our condo, unpacked and walked to town to grab a bite to eat and let the kids play in the snow.
The next morning Kayla and I took the kids dog sledding or "mushing." We had to walk to town to wait for our shuttle. When we arrived we had a quick safety talk and were off. We first got to see the dogs. They seemed so happy to see us... Rylie and Race were excited to see them too. Our guide explained to us a bit on how things worked. Kayla and Race were up first. However, they didn't last long as they tipped the cart in only 20 feet or so which scared Race. So Rylie and I were up next. Rylie handled it like a pro as i sat back and enjoyed the views. It did get pretty scary at time as we were cutting close to trees and were going pretty fast. I was next to "drive" and didn't do so well.. at one point i fell off and the dogs took off with Rylie in the cart, but luckily the dogs are well behaved and stopped with the our guide that was leading the pack noticed. It was an exhausting day and the kids crashed in the shuttle back to our condo.
The next morning was ski school. Me, Mike, Rylie, Kayla and Mr. Paul attended a 1/2 day school. Needless to say we all struggled a bit, except for Rylie. Me, Kayla and Mike were pretty hopeless. We started on the bunny hill, then eventually we went up to the bigger practice slope. Me, Mike and Kayla ended up giving up and walking down the mountain. Rylie did fantastic and ran the slope several times by herself. She was a natural.
After a full day of skiing, we went back to the condo. Luckily, we had a sledding hill in the back yard of the condo that made a great free and fun activity.
The next day we all went on a snowmobile expedition. We rode to the Continental divide, where we stopped and had a snowball fight. That night Me, Mike and Rylie walked through town and to the ice skating rink.
The next day was a free day and we enjoyed walking through the town, doing a little shopping, some delicious crepes and more sledding.
